Description
Do you teach reading intervention in middle or high school?
Set the tone for a successful year by building community, creating a safe learning environment, and helping students develop a growth mindset from day one!
The First Five Days is a complete, ready-to-use guide that walks you through your first week with students. Whether you’re meeting a new intervention group or welcoming students into your classroom, you’ll have everything you need to establish routines, build relationships, and gather valuable information about your learners.
Inside this 30-page ebook, you’ll find:
• Tips for setting up your classroom before students arrive
• Five days of detailed lesson plans with the purpose behind each activity for both students and teachers
• Growth mindset activities that encourage meaningful discussion and reflection
• Classic and brand-new alternative challenge activities, perfect for students who have already experienced popular STEM and team-building tasks
• Materials lists, activity directions, and video links to make preparation simple
• Two full-page printable posters
• A student interest and information survey
• A game-play routine for future classroom activities
• Student observation and tracking pages to record strengths, needs, and first impressions
• Teacher notes to help you build a positive classroom culture from the start
The included challenge activities are designed to help students practice perseverance, collaboration, problem-solving, communication, and flexible thinking, all while giving you opportunities to observe how they approach learning and work with others.
Whether you’re a reading interventionist, literacy specialist, special education teacher, or secondary classroom teacher, The First Five Days will help you start the year with confidence and create a classroom where students feel safe to take risks and grow.
These activities support CCSS.SL.1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
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